2024 Liga Femenina de Básquetbol season

Liga Femenina de Básquetbol
Liga Femenina de Básquetbol
Season	2024
Dates	13 April 2024 – 2 November 2024
Games played	118
Teams	11
Regular season
Top seed	Malvín
Season MVP	Krystal Cordara
Finals
Champions	Defensor Sporting; 3rd title
Runners-up	Yale
Semifinalists	Malvín; Aguada
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Javiera Campos
Rebounds	Florencia Fernández
Assists	Carolina Fernández
Records
Biggest home win	25 de Agosto 100–24 Hebraica y Macabi; (11 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Hebraica y Macabi 14–107 Aguada; (5 May 2024)
Highest scoring	Defensor Sporting 82–90 Yale; (3 August 2024)
Winning streak	13 games; Malvín
Losing streak	18 games; Hebraica y Macabi
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Liga Femenina de Básquetbol season, is the 9th season of the top Uruguayan female basketball league, since its establishment in 2016. It started on 13 April 2024 with the regular season, and it will end on 2 November 2024, with the Copa de Plata final.

Malvín was the defending champion (having won the last two editions of this tournament), which was swept in semi-finals by Defensor Sporting.

Also, Defensor Sporting was the champion, sweeping Yale in the finals, with the return of the two-time champions, Josefina Rivera and Lucía Schiavo.

Teams

New teams

A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 10 from the 2023 season and Tabaré who entered the tournament for the first time.

Venues and locations

Montevideo

Location of teams in 2024 LFB

Urunday Universitario

Yale

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Location of teams from the Montevideo in 2023–24 LUB

Team	Home City	Arena	Capacity
25 de Agosto	Montevideo	Gimnasio 25 de Agosto^[1]	350
Aguada		Estadio Propio Aguatero	3,738
Defensor Sporting		Gimasio Defensor Sporting^[1]	150
Hebraica Macabi		Gimnasio Hebraica y Macabi^[1]	50
Juventud	Las Piedras	Estadio Federal Cirilio Malnatti	1,000
Lagomar	Ciudad de la Costa	Gimnasio Lagomar^[1]	170
Malvín	Montevideo	Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil	900
Remeros	Mercedes	Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini	400
Tabaré	Montevideo	Gimnasio Tabaré^[1]	1,100
Urunday Universitario		Gimnasio Cr. Osvaldo Dohir	700
Yale		Campo de Deportes Luis Ruocco	500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
25 de Agosto	Brian Neira	Rocío Bereilh	Sporty's
Aguada	Victoria Pereyra	Natasha Dolinsky	Puma
Defensor Sporting	Fabián Boscardin	Josefina Rivera	Kelme
Hebraica y Macabi	Nélson Da Roza	Pierina Carrica	Elite
Juventud	Sergio Castello	Karina Acosta	Elite
Lagomar	Diego Castrillón	Sabrina Schiaffarino	Kova
Malvín	Juan Pablo Serdio	Carolina Fernández	Under Armour
Remeros	Martín López	Romina Giossa	Tauro
Tabaré	Santiago Rodríguez	Matilde Talamas
Urunday Universitario	Mauricio González	Gabriela Píriz
Yale	Gino Alderete	Cinthia Mott	Starbade

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Position in table	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Hebraica y Macabi	Luis Pierri^[2]	Pre-season	Resigned	28 December 2023	Nélson Da Roza	30 January 2024
Aguada	Nicolás Altalef^[3]		Signed by Olimpia	2 January 2024	Victoria Pereyra^[4]	9 January 2024
Yale	Gerardo Gonález		End of contract	17 January 2024	Gino Alderete^[5]	17 January 2024
Juventud	Humberto Sánchez		Sacked	29 January 2024	Ignacio D'Angelo	29 January 2024
Juventud	Ignacio D'Angelo	1–0 in Copa de Plata semi-finals (12–7)	Sacked	3 October 2024	Sergio Castello	3 October 2024

Torneo Clasificatorio

The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LFB. The clubs played each other once, and the first six of the table played in the Serie 1. The last six played the Serie 2.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malvín	10	10	0	683	422	+261	20	Qualification to Serie 1
2	Defensor Sporting	10	8	2	733	511	+222	18^[a]
3	Yale	10	8	2	737	546	+191	18^[a]
4	Aguada	10	7	3	724	507	+217	17
5	Remeros	10	5	5	563	588	−25	15^[b]
6	Urunday Universitario	10	5	5	549	635	−86	15^[b]
7	25 de Agosto	10	4	6	564	639	−75	14^[c]	Qualficiation to Serie 2
8	Juventud	10	4	6	646	636	+10	14^[c]
9	Lagomar	10	3	7	620	681	−61	13
10	Tabaré	10	1	9	496	701	−205	11
11	Hebraica y Macabi	8	0	8	257	706	−449	8

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Defensor Sporting 1–0 Yale
^ ^a ^b Remeros 1–0 Urupan
^ ^a ^b 25 de Agosto 1–0 Juventud

Results

Home \ Away	25A	AGU	DSC	HYM	JLP	LAG	MAL	REM	TAB	UUN	YAL
25 de Agosto				73–31	57–54		48–88		68–51		53–75
Aguada	76–47					68–44	57–65	75–48		58–59
Defensor Sporting	71–52	81–84				88–65		83–59		63–45
Hebraica y Macabi		14–107	19–85		43–102	50–74		0–20^{[note 1]}
Juventud		52–84	38–58			68–76		72–59		87–49
Lagomar	53–55						52–80	67–72	78–53	48–53
Malvín			61–51	20–0^{[note 1]}	75–37				94–37		70–51
Remeros	68–55						39–55		68–52	71–57	59–72
Tabaré		43–75	31–81	77–36	60–65						42–79
Urunday Universitario	72–56			62–33			50–75		57–50		45–94
Yale		54–40	57–72	86–31	75–71	94–63

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Serie 1

The Series 1 is a phase where the top-six teams of the Torneo Clasificatorio define their qualification for the two cups in dispute. The clubs play each other twice, home and away.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malvín	10	8	2	730	615	+115	18^[a]	Qualification to Copa de Oro
2	Aguada	10	8	2	728	624	+104	18^[a]
3	Yale	10	8	2	765	656	+109	18^[a]
4	Defensor Sporting	10	4	6	721	675	+46	14
5	Remeros	10	2	8	567	690	−123	12	Qualification to Copa de Plata
6	Urunday Universitario	10	0	10	531	782	−251	10	Qualification to Copa de Plata

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Malvín 2–2, +8; Aguada 2–2, +1; Yale 2–2 –9

Results

Home \ Away	AGU	DSC	MAL	REM	UUN	YAL
Aguada	—	85–74	75–67	80–52	86–59	56–67
Defensor Sporting	64–69	—	63–70	83–45	82–46	82–90
Malvín	63–59	80–75	—	65–61	75–58	69–56
Remeros	51–64	51–57	48–79	—	86–64	56–66
Urunday Universitario	52–71	59–70	34–77^{[note 2]}	54–68	—	40–73
Yale	75–83	80–71	86–85	78–49	94–65	—

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Serie 2

The Serie 2 is a phase where the last five teams of the Torneo Clasificatorio define the two remaining spots for the Copa de Plata. The clubs play each other twice, home and away.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventud	8	7	1	547	428	+119	15	Qualification to Copa de Plata
2	Lagomar	8	6	2	553	408	+145	14	Qualification to Copa de Plata
3	25 de Agosto	8	5	3	553	389	+164	13
4	Tabaré	8	2	6	434	499	−65	10
5	Hebraica y Macabi	8	0	8	278	641	−363	8

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored

Results

Home \ Away	25A	HYM	JLP	LAG	TAB
25 de Agosto	—	100–24	53–77	64–53	55–41
Hebraica y Macabi	30–106	—	40–76	50–78	39–80
Juventud	66–52	67–32	—	60–56	79–71
Lagomar	52–50	85–36	77–48	—	77–48
Tabaré	46–73	49–27	47–74	52–75	—

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Copa de Plata

The Copa de Plata (Silver Cup) is a tournament played to order the teams from fifth to eighth place, with one cup in dispute.

Lagomar was the defending champion (having won the last two editions of this tournament), wich was eliminated in the semi-finals, in three games, against Remeros.

Juventud was the champion, obtaining its first title after defeating Remeros in the third match, in Nueva Helvecia

As Remeros reached the final, due to the distance between the teams, the final will be best of three.

Due to injuries, Urunday Universitario decided not to play the match for third place, leaving the definition of the positions ordered by the result of the regular phase.

Semi-finals						Finals

5S1	Remeros	76	66	70	2

2S2	Lagomar	60	79	64	1
						5S1	Remeros	70	51	67	1

						1S2	Juventud	52	61	72	2
6S1	Urunday Universitario	52	59		0

1S2	Juventud	69	71		2

Source: FUBB

Copa de Oro

The Copa de Oro (Gold Cup) is the LFB playoff to determinate the champion of the season.

By mutual agreement between the clubs, the match for third place was not played.

Semi-finals					Finals

1	Malvín	61	59	0

4	Defensor Sporting	66	75	2
					4	Defensor Sporting	66	65	59	3

					3	Yale	62	51	50	0
2	Aguada	67	80	0

3	Yale	70	83	2

Source: FUBB

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Seed	Qualification or relegation
Champion
1	Defensor Sporting	25	17	8	4	Qualification to Women's Basketball League Americas
Runners-up
2	Yale	25	18	7	3	Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Femenino
Eliminated in semi-finals
3	Malvín	22	18	4	1
4	Aguada	22	15	7	2
Copa de Plata winner
5	Juventud	23	15	8	7
Copa de Plata runner-up
6	Remeros	26	10	16	5
Eliminated in Copa de Plata semi-finals
7	Urunday Universitario	22	5	17	6
8	Lagomar	21	10	11	8
Eliminated at Serie 2
9	25 de Agosto	18	9	9	9
10	Tabaré	18	3	16	10
11	Hebraica y Macabi	18	0	18	11

Statistical leaders

Points


Pos	Player	Club	PPG
1	Javiera Campos	Defensor Sporting	21.2
2	Florencia Fernández	Aguada	19.3
3	Josefina Zeballos	Defensor Sporting	18.3
4	Maria Carolina	Aguada	17.8
5	Agustina Bazán	Yale	17.6

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	RPG
1	Florencia Fernández	Aguada	16.5
2	Sabrina Molina	Juventud	14.7
3	Agostina Nogueira	Hebraica y Macabi	13.4
4	Debora Coli	25 de Agosto	13.1
5	Maria Carolina	Aguada	13.0

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	APG
1	Carolina Fernández	Malvín	6.4
2	Sabrina Molina	Juventud	5.6
3	Constanza López	Juventud	5.0
4	Rocío Bereilh	25 de Agosto	5.0
5	Sofía Wolf	Aguada	5.0

Blocks


Pos	Player	Club
1	Florencia Fernández	Aguada	2.8
2	Sabrina Molina	Juventud	2.2
3	Agostina Nogueira	Hebraica y Macabi	1.8
4	Florencia Sergio	Lagomar	1.3
5	Julia Fernández	Aguada	1.3

Source: FUBB

Awards

All official awards of the 2024 LFB season.

MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
SF	Krystal Cordara	Defensor Sporting

Foreign MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Javiera Campos	Defensor Sporting

Top-scorer

Pos.	Player	Team
PF	Agustina Bazán	Yale

Best rebounder

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Sabrina Molina	Juventud

Most Improved Player

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Lara Barbato	Yale

LFB clubs in international competitions

Women's Basketball League Americas
Team	Progress	Result	W–L
Malvín	Group A	4th of 4 teams (0–3)	0–3

Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Femenina
Team	Progress	Result	W–L
Aguada	Final	Loss vs. SESI Araraquara	3–2
	Semi-finals	Win vs. Félix Pérez Cardozo
	Group B	2nd of 4 teams (2–1)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Hebraica y Macabi lost by forfeit
^ The match was suspended at the end of the third quarter due to the scoreboard being broken. By mutual agreement between the teams, the match was declared finish, with the score they had at the time of suspension.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Arena) "club name".
^ "Fin de un ciclo". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Primera Altalef". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Una victoria para la consagración". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Gino de esperanza". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "Una semi victoria". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
^ "Boxscore". Retrieved 18 August 2024.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_DSC0.019274883912539-6] Defensor Sporting 1–0 Yale

[table_hth_REM0.019274883912539-7] Remeros 1–0 Urupan

[table_hth_25A0.019274883912539-8] 25 de Agosto 1–0 Juventud

[table_hth_MAL0.91838395405485-10] Malvín 2–2, +8; Aguada 2–2, +1; Yale 2–2 –9

[forfeit-9] Hebraica y Macabi lost by forfeit

[13] The match was suspended at the end of the third quarter due to the scoreboard being broken. By mutual agreement between the teams, the match was declared finish, with the score they had at the time of suspension.^[6]^[7]

[:0-1] Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Arena) "club name".

[2] "Fin de un ciclo". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[3] "Primera Altalef". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[4] "Una victoria para la consagración". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[5] "Gino de esperanza". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

[11] "Una semi victoria". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

[12] "Boxscore". Retrieved 18 August 2024.

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